The liberated serfs got their own land again. This is their first year of farming for themselves. Everyone is full of energy and strength.
"Ula~Ula!"
Someone shouted loudly and waved the hoe in his hand desperately, turning over the soil.
At this time, the weather here is still a bit cold, and the land is still very hard after being frozen in the cold winter, but everyone doesn't care about it, and they don't care. Every household is working hard on their own fields and looking forward to it.
You can harvest a lot of food in autumn.
"Tutu~tutu~"
At this time, in the farmland not far away, there was the roar of machines, which immediately attracted Tarasov's attention.
Everyone looked over quickly and saw a man from Ming Dynasty driving a machine around the fields. As the machine moved, the land behind him was plowed out, and a large amount of rot could be seen in the deep soil layer.
The colonies, white eggs and bugs attract a large number of hungry birds following them.
"What is this?"
"The ground was turned over too fast?"
Tarasov and the others looked straight at him.
Their farming methods have always been very primitive, using hoes or oxen and horses to plow the land. However, serfs did not have oxen and horses, so they could only plow the land with hoes.
Farming is very hard. It is no different from the farmers of the Ming Dynasty in the past. It is very tiring and hard work. Often, most of the harvested food has to be handed over to the nobles or landlords.
It was the first time I saw a cultivator, and with the roar of the machine, the land was plowed once the machine moved, very fast, and each of them was deeply shocked by such an efficient machine.
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Driven by curiosity, Tarasov and a few bolder villagers walked over to take a closer look.
After getting closer, it became clearer that the person sitting inside was Wu Yan, the new owner of the large area of land around him. The large area of land around him, except for the land of serfs like them, basically belonged to the Ming Dynasty soldier in front of him.
Already.
"have you eaten?"
When Wu Yan, who was driving a cultivator, came over curiously to see the land he was plowing, he stopped the machine and greeted them with a smile.
"Eat, eat~"
Tarasov replied in poor Ming dialect. He felt that although the Ming people's way of greeting was a bit strange, it was indeed very close to life. Only when people are full can they think about other things.
"Dear noble lord, what is this?"
Tarasov said in poor Ming dialect.
In order to consolidate its rule and control over Black Earth Province, the Ming Empire not only stationed more than 200,000 troops in Black Earth Province, but also organized a large number of immigrants to Black Earth Province.
At the same time, for these indigenous people in the Black Earth Province, the Ming Empire adopted the consistent Ming and Sinicization policy, using land, food, cloth, etc. as inducement rewards.
They were encouraged to change their Chinese surnames, take Chinese names, and learn the language and writing of the Ming Dynasty. To this end, more than 10,000 translators were specially trained to teach these local Slavs the language, writing, and the glory of the Ming Empire.
History, and there is no such thing as historical friendly relations between the Ming Dynasty and the Slavs, but they are forcefully stated.
Among them, classmate Zhu Houzhao made the greatest contribution. He called all the way and found a bunch of beautiful Slavic girls. Among them were the two daughters of the Grand Duke of Ryazan and the daughters left behind by the Grand Duke of Moscow. Moreover, they are both pregnant now.
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Therefore, the publicity here also promotes that the Ming Dynasty and them are one family, and even the prince of the Ming Dynasty is married to their Grand Duke's daughter and has a child.
The Ming people came here not to oppress them, but to liberate them from serfs to free people.
After this set of theories was put together, the remaining nobles and the like naturally did not believe it at all, but for the serfs at the bottom, they completely believed it.
In the past, they were serfs and had no land or property of their own. Even they were nobles. Their wives and daughters could be taken away by nobles at any time if they liked them. They could even be given away as livestock like cattle and sheep.
Sold.
They live the poorest life and work hard, but they have no property of their own and even have trouble eating.
Since the arrival of the Ming Dynasty, their lives have become easier.
Not only did they gain freedom and personal protection, but they also had their own land and property. The people of Ming Dynasty even sent them food during the winter.
They fully believed that the Ming people really came to rescue them, rescued them from serfs, and gave them freedom and land.
As for the other stuff, are those important?
Not important at all?
Almost all the nobles were killed. Does this concern them?
No, they serfs can only clap their hands and applaud. None of the original nobles are good, they are all cannibals. Tarasov and his serfs hate those nobles with all their heart.
As for what country, nation, etc., it doesn't matter, because they have never had any sense of belonging. What does the rise and fall of the Principality of Moscow have to do with them?
It doesn't matter, those things about the nobles, anyway, they are just serfs like cattle and sheep, and they are just the private property of the nobles.
But now, everything here has something to do with them, because they are free persons, no longer serfs, own their own land and property, and their families are protected and respected.
Therefore, they support the Ming people and the rule of the Ming Empire here. Their lives are much better than before. The most important thing is that they are full of hope and longing for the future.
Tarasov and the others were also very happy to learn the language and writing of the Ming people, because each time they studied, they could receive 10 kilograms of food, enough to feed the family for several days.
And through study, they also learned about the outside world and a lot of things. They knew that the Ming Empire was the most powerful, richest, and most advanced empire now. They were now the subjects of the Ming Empire and the people of the Ming Dynasty.
, they should feel proud and proud, and at the same time they should consciously safeguard the Ming Empire and be loyal to the Emperor of Tomorrow!
This kind of learning, education and publicity is a subtle process that needs to be accumulated slowly, and it must also be accompanied by continuous improvement in their lives to achieve the greatest effect and role.
"This is called a cultivator, and it's used to plow the land."
"The speed is very fast. There is no need to use a hoe to cultivate the land like you do. It is too slow."
Wu Yan smiled and introduced his cultivator to Tarasov and the others.
Because he was allocated a lot of land and there was a lot of wasteland around him that could be reclaimed and cultivated, Wu Yan also bought a cultivator to cultivate the land.
"Tiller?"
Tarasov and the others looked at each other, and it was the first time they had heard of this thing.
"In many places in the Ming Dynasty, we no longer use hoes for farming, but machines."
"Tillers plow the land, seeders sow seeds, harvesters harvest, rice mills, flour mills, etc. There are all kinds of machines. There are many types and the efficiency is very high."
"Often a farmer can cultivate thousands of acres of land. During the autumn harvest, the harvested grain warehouses cannot even be piled up."
Wu Yan described the agricultural situation of the Ming Dynasty to Tarasov and others.
His words also made Tarasov and the others widen their eyes. One person cultivates thousands of acres of land, and the harvested grain cannot be stored in the warehouse.
There are also all kinds of machines that they have never heard of, let alone seen.
"We'll find out later. I'll be able to buy a lot of machines by then, so you can see what you can see."
Wu Yan looked at their confused expressions and immediately laughed.
Then he shook his head and continued to drive his cultivator and started to get busy. He was talking to these serfs about machines, which was a bit too much. How could they understand this?
Only by letting them see with their own eyes the mechanized agriculture of the Ming Dynasty will they know that farming can be easy.
"Tutu~tutu~"
Accompanied by the sound of the cultivator, the machine dug out a long belt in the vast wilderness.
Tarasov couldn't believe it when he saw such an efficient plowing method. He couldn't help but grab a handful of soil and look at it carefully.
It is very tiring for them to use hoes to plow, especially when the ground is still frozen, the soil is very sticky, and every swing requires a lot of effort.
Anyone who has grown vegetables knows that dry soil is relatively easier to till, while wet land is the worst to till, because the soil will stick to the hoe, making it more difficult for you to swing it from time to time.
Still need to clean up.
But looking at the land in front of me, it seems that these problems do not exist at all. The powerful cultivator directly dug out the thick soil without any difficulty.
Wu Yan, who was sitting inside the cultivator, was actually singing and humming at this moment, just watching the cultivator move around as if playing a game, without even breaking a sweat.
In just a short time, a large area of land has been plowed. If they were to plow such a large piece of land, they would not know how many times they would swing the hoe and how much sweat they would have to leave behind.
What about the people of Ming Dynasty?
They just sang songs and watched the machine move several times, plowing the land easily, making it better, deeper, and faster than what they had worked so hard to plow.
"Oh God! Is this how the Ming people farmed?"
Tarasov and others could not help but exclaim, seeing for the first time the power of agricultural mechanization.